Jewish%20thought for Yevamot 43:11

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> מי שיש לו אח מכל מקום זוקק את אשת אחיו ליבום ואחיו הוא לכל דבר חוץ ממי שיש לו אח מן השפחה ומן העובדת כוכבים מי שיש לו בן מכל מקום פוטר אשת אביו מן היבום וחייב על מכתו ועל קללתו ובנו לכל דבר חוץ ממי שיש לו בן מן השפחה ומן העובדת כוכבים:

Amemar said: Even maternal brothers may tender evidence without challenge. And why is this case different from incest?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is applicable to a proselyte also. If he married, for instance, his maternal sister he must divorce her (infra 98a). ');">²⁶</span> — Matters of incest lie in everybody's hands;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Marriages are not, as a rule, arranged with the aid of the Beth din, and, should a proselyte be permitted to live with his sister, some people might infer that such a marriage was permitted to an Israelite also. Hence the prohibition. ');">²⁷</span> evidence is entrusted to <i>Beth din</i>, and [they know that] one who has become a proselyte is like a child newly born.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Beth din who know this law would not allow a brother of an Israelite to give evidence though this would be allowed to a brother of a proselyte. ');">²⁸</span>

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